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He who is dying of hunger must be fed rather than taught.
Thomas Aquinas
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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
Dominican Friar
Philosopher
Priest
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Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas
Tommaso d'Aquino
Thomas of Aquino
St Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
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Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members even so the Catholic Church is one body, having many members. The soul that quickens this body is the Holy Spirit and therefore in the Creed after confessing our belief in the Holy Spirit, we are bid to believe in the Holy Catholic Church.
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Any error about creation also leads to an error about God.
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To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.
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If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that which he has of the animal nature, much more deserving of condemnation are the sins against nature by which man degrades his own animal nature.
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It must be said that charity can, in no way, exist along with mortal sin.
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Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.
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Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
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To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping.
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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
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He who does not embrace the teaching of the Church does not have the habit of faith.
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It is only God who creates. Man merely rearranges.
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The happy man in this life needs friends.
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As mariners are guided into port by the shining of a star, so Christians are guided to heaven by Mary.
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Not everyone who is enlightened by an angel knows that he is enlightened by him.
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Peace is the work of justice indirectly, in so far as justice removes the obstacles to peace but it is the work of charity (love) directly, since charity, according to its very notion, causes peace.
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Anger and the like are attributed to God on account of a similitude of effect. Thus, because to punish is properly the act of an angry man, God's punishment is metaphorically spoken of as His anger.
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The celestial bodies are the cause of all that takes place in the sublunar world.
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Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.
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Characteristics which define beauty are wholeness, harmony and radiance.
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The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.
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